B65B 21/04
Arranging, assembling, feeding, or orientating the bottles prior to introduction into, or
Official title: Arranging, assembling, feeding, or orientating the bottles prior to introduction into, or after removal from, containers {(B65B21/025 takes precedence)}
B65B21/04 (Arranging, assembling, feeding, or orientating the bottles prior to introduction into, or) appears on 186 US grants and 135 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 186
- Published applications
- 135
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 279
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 8 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bare bottle pre-grouping and stacking device, stacking method and packaging apparatus21 Apr 2026US 12,606,334 B2Guangzhou Tech-Long Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd
- Smooth handoff of containers using multiple grippers23 Dec 2025US 12,503,319 B2WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Method and apparatus loading of cases with items18 Nov 2025US 12,473,111 B2Afa Systems Ltd.
- Packaging system5 Aug 2025US 12,378,023 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Packaging system adaptable to various container perimeters17 Jun 2025US 12,330,887 B2WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Apparatus for the controlled movement of containers6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225825 A1
- Buffer device configured to buffer containers in a pre-grouped arrangement on a buffer surface of the buffer device, and method for buffering containers in a pre-grouped arrangement using the buffer device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208975 A1
- Packaging system, apparatus and method of constructing an article carrier25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176045 A1
- Automatic packaging system for squeeze tubes in a package22 May 2025US 2025/0162745 A1Sileane
- Mobile Automated Modular Product Packing22 May 2025US 2025/0162748 A1Sojo Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Package for container71US 8,464,866 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc. · 2013
- Package for containers68US 8,925,720 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc. · 2015
- Packaging machine and method of packaging articles62US 5,546,734 ARiverhood International Corporation · 1996
- Article grouper for case packer44US 4,552,261 AStandard-Knapp, Inc. · 1985
- Article separating and loading apparatus42US 4,887,414 AManville Corporation · 1989